Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 110

Devanagari script

इत्थं प्रतिदिनं भक्त्या प्रार्थयंती महेश्वरम् । शृण्वंती सत्कथां सम्यक्कर्मबंधं समाच्छिनत्

Transliteration

itthaṃ pratidinaṃ bhaktyā prārthayaṃtī maheśvaram | śṛṇvaṃtī satkathāṃ samyakkarmabaṃdhaṃ samācchinat

Translation

如是她日日以虔敬祈祷大自在天（Maheśvara），又专心聆听圣法善说，遂彻底斩断业（karma）之系缚。

Word by Word

• इत्थम्: thus
• इत्थम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत्थम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus/in this manner)

• प्रतिदिनम्: every day
• प्रतिदिनम्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति-दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास, अव्ययवत् प्रयोग (adverbial: every day)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• प्रार्थयन्ती: praying
• प्रार्थयन्ती: Kartā (Subject; participial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रार्थय् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ/शानच्), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग (while praying)

• महेश्वरम्: Maheshvara (Śiva)
• महेश्वरम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; महा + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• शृण्वन्ती: listening
• शृण्वन्ती: Kartā (Subject; participial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शानच्), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि (while listening)

• सत्कथाम्: holy discourse
• सत्कथाम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्कथा (प्रातिपदिक; सत् + कथा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सम्यक्: properly, thoroughly
• सम्यक्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (properly, completely)

• कर्मबन्धम्: bondage of karma
• कर्मबन्धम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्म-बन्ध (प्रातिपदिक; कर्मन् + बन्ध)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• समाच्छिनत्: cut off, severed
• समाच्छिनत्: Kriyā (Verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: सम् + आ (समाच्छिनत् = cut off completely)

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maheśvara-kṣetra (unspecified)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A daily worship scene: the woman offers water/flowers to a Śiva-liṅga or faces a Maheśvara shrine; nearby, a teacher recites sat-kathā; a symbolic ‘chain’ of karma breaks or dissolves in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvara
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consistent daily devotion to Śiva combined with listening to sacred teachings is said to destroy karmic bondage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears in this verse; the focus is on daily practice and its fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Daily prayer to Maheśvara and regular satkathā-śravaṇa as an ongoing sādhana.